Movie: Looking For A True Fiancee
Romaji: Yubiwa Wo Hametai
Japanese: 指輪をはめたい
Director: Yuki Iwata
Writer: Takami Ito (novel), Yuki Iwata
Producer: Yumiko Takebe, Ben Hirabayashi, Naoya Kinoshita
Cinematographer: Shyuuhei Onaga
Release Date: November 19, 2011
Runtime: 108 min.
Genre: Romantic-Comedy / Memory Loss
Production Company: Kino Films
Distribution Company: Gaga Communications, Kino Films
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
A three-timing 29 year-old man loses part of his memory after taking a nasty fall at a skating rink. The man, who works as pharmaceutical salesman, then discovers an engagement ring in his briefcase. Later, he comes across three different women who all claim to be his girlfriend. To figure out which of the women he planned to marry, he sets up dates with each of them. The choices are:
A perfectionist co-worker (Manami Konishi) who at the same pharmaceutical company.
A light-hearted prostitute (Yoko Maki) who works at one of the shops that the man delivers products to.
An ideal "Yamato nadeshiko" type of woman (Chizuru Ikewaki) who sometimes performs a one-woman puppet shows in the park.
Notes
Based on the novel "Yubiwa Wo Hametai" by Takami Ito (first published in 2003).
Cast
Takayuki Yamada as Teruhiko Katayama
Manami Konishi as Chie Sumitomo
Yoko Maki as Megumi Shiozaki
Chizuru Ikewaki as Wakako Suzuki
Fumi Nikaido as Emi
Additional Cast Members:
Kenji Yamauchi - Yutaka Konbu
Takahiro Sato - Kakio Shibusawa
Shiro Maggy - Akafuji medicine company president
Ado Mizumori - Doctor Kamogawa
Hikohiko Sugiyama - Doctor Takada
Yuriko Ono